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12 Sep 2023, 3:05 pm

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka



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12 Sep 2023, 5:42 pm

Koji Suzuki's Ring.

I'm not too far in yet, I think I'm going to go back and write down all the locations in the story and look them up on maps, because that's always interested me.
Surely someone has done that already? But I guess it wouldn't take that long to do myself.

Too bad it takes place in 1990, I'm sure a lot of the maps have changed since then. Otherwise something like Google Street View would be awesome.


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13 Sep 2023, 1:00 pm

Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle



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14 Sep 2023, 3:55 am

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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka


Great novella! One of my favorites.


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14 Sep 2023, 3:57 am

Great Tales Of Terror, edited by S.T. Joshi.

Anthology of older, perhaps lesser known horror stories, some by literary masters, some by authors whose names have not lasted the test of time.


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17 Sep 2023, 3:52 pm

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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka


Great novella! One of my favorites.


Yes! I don't normally entertain something so short, but this one was great anyhow.



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17 Sep 2023, 3:52 pm

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood



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18 Sep 2023, 5:13 pm

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon.


An excellent book! Like many people here on Wrong Planet, I wish Warner Brothers would hurry up
and allow Steve Kloves to make the movie, but it wouldn't surprise me if the movie goes straight to HBO Max.


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18 Sep 2023, 5:15 pm

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blitzkrieg wrote:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon.


An excellent book! Like many people here on Wrong Planet, I wish Warner Brothers would hurry up
and allow Steve Kloves to make the movie, but it wouldn't surprise me if the movie goes straight to HBO Max.


Indeed!

Talk of a movie has been going on for a long time, hasn't it?



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18 Sep 2023, 7:28 pm

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blitzkrieg wrote:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon.


An excellent book! Like many people here on Wrong Planet, I wish Warner Brothers would hurry up
and allow Steve Kloves to make the movie, but it wouldn't surprise me if the movie goes straight to HBO Max.




Talk of a movie has been going on for a long time, hasn't it?


Yes.

I know this will come off as crazy, but I met Brad Pitt (who will be a producer of the adaptation of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime) one day when he was in Portland. He was promoting Moneyball at a free advanced screening and after the movie finished, we briefly had a conversation and I asked him what was taking so long about him and Steve Kloves making the movie.

He said to me back, "Everyone involved is too busy with other projects, including Kloves."

I said to him back, "If Steve Kloves doesn't direct, just get David Fincher or George Clooney to direct."


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25 Sep 2023, 4:35 pm

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blitzkrieg wrote:
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blitzkrieg wrote:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon.


An excellent book! Like many people here on Wrong Planet, I wish Warner Brothers would hurry up
and allow Steve Kloves to make the movie, but it wouldn't surprise me if the movie goes straight to HBO Max.




Talk of a movie has been going on for a long time, hasn't it?


Yes.

I know this will come off as crazy, but I met Brad Pitt (who will be a producer of the adaptation of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime) one day when he was in Portland. He was promoting Moneyball at a free advanced screening and after the movie finished, we briefly had a conversation and I asked him what was taking so long about him and Steve Kloves making the movie.

He said to me back, "Everyone involved is too busy with other projects, including Kloves."

I said to him back, "If Steve Kloves doesn't direct, just get David Fincher or George Clooney to direct."


Meeting Brad Pitt sounds exciting. He has been in some good movies.

I suppose some projects just get delayed, sometimes indefinitely. :|



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25 Sep 2023, 4:36 pm

Carefree Black Girls by Zeba Blay



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26 Sep 2023, 4:49 pm

Part Of My World by Jodi Benson, who voiced Ariel in Disney's The Little Mermaid

- It's a very fascinating account of the actress' life, from her beginnings in Broadway to how she landed the role of Ariel to her continued activities.

The Shining by Stephen King

- Self-explanatory :lol:


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02 Oct 2023, 11:02 am

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens



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02 Oct 2023, 11:41 am

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